Green Bond Fact Sheet Canton of Basel Stadt Date: 01-Oct-2018 Issue date: 24-Sept-2018 Maturity date: 24-Sept-2025 Tenor: 7 Issuer Name Canton of Basel Stadt Amount Issued CHF0.23m (USD0.24m) Country of risk Switzerland CBI Database Included Issuer Type1 Local Government Bond Type Senior unsecured Green Bond Framework Link to Framework Second party opinion ISS-Oekom Certification Standard Not certified Assurance report N/A Certification Verifier N/A Green bond rating N/A Use of Proceeds ☐ Energy ☐ Solar ☐ Tidal ☐ Energy storage ☐ Onshore wind ☐ Biofuels ☐ Energy performance ☐ Offshore wind ☐ Bioenergy ☐ Infrastructure ☐ Geothermal ☐ District heating ☐ Industry: components ☐ Hydro ☐ Electricity grid ☐ Adaptation & resilience ☒ Buildings ☐ Certified Buildings ☐ Water performance ☐ Industry: components ☐ HVAC systems ☐ Energy storage/meters ☐ Adaptation & resilience ☒ Energy ☒ Other energy related performance ☐ Transport ☐ Electric vehicles ☐ Freight rolling stock ☐ Transport logistics ☐ Low emission ☐ Coach / public bus ☐ Infrastructure vehicles ☐ Bicycle infrastructure ☐ Industry: components ☐ Bus rapid transit ☐ Energy performance ☐ Adaptation & resilience ☐ Passenger trains ☐ Urban rail ☐ Water & wastewater ☐ Water distribution ☐ Storm water mgmt ☐ Infrastructure ☐ Water treatment ☐ Desalinisation plants ☐ Industry: components ☐ Wastewater ☐ Erosion control ☐ Adaptation & resilience treatment ☐ Energy performance ☐ Water storage ☐ Waste management ☐ Recycling ☐ Landfill, energy capture ☐ Waste to energy ☐ Waste prevention ☐ Energy performance ☐ Industry: components ☐ Pollution control ☐ Infrastructure ☐ Adaptation & resilience ☐ Land use & agriculture ☐ Afforestation/parks ☐ Land remediation ☐ Sustainable agriculture ☐ FSC Forestry ☐ Energy/water efficiency ☐ Adaptation & resilience ☐ FSC Cellulose & paper ☐ Other ☐ Adaptation & ☐ ICT ☐ Industry: process resilience Issue details The issuer commits to report on the use of proceeds of the Green Bond on its Reporting financial administration homepage (http://www.fv.bs.ch/finanzkennzahlen- rating.html) Company information The canton of Basel-Stadt is the smallest of the 26 cantons of Switzerland by area. Firsts, records and Second Swiss canton to enter the green bond market after Canton of Geneva in certifications November 2017. Proceeds description Proceeds are earmarked for energy efficient use of green buildings in Basel: measures include both efficient use of space and property optimisation. The Green Bond Framework sets out requirements for new constructions and refurbishments for each asset type, including green building certifications, energy measures (e.g. thermal insulation and climate-friendly heat generation) and ecological measures (e.g. resource saving construction methods and recycled material). According to Sustainalytics’ SPO, all buildings have used resource-savings construction methods or recycled material. 89% of the buildings in the asset pool by number provide water efficiency measures and 37% by number achieved a SNBS Gold and Minergie A ECO certification. Climate Bonds view This is the fourth Swiss green bond issuer to enter the green bond market, taking the country’s cumulative volume to USD1.1bn. Underwriters Deal comments Credit Rating AA+ (S&P) Pricing summary Investors summary 1 Issuer categories: ABS, development bank, financial corporate, government-backed entity, loan, local government, non-financial corporate, sovereign .